OUR BEGINNING
*Clara Dickerson
*Bertha Young Hornbuckle
*Lois Jackson
*Georgia Lewis
*Beulah Parks
*Martha Roman
*Nora Rowan
*Ada Saunders
*Elsie Leona Smith
*Elizabeth Walters
*Maude Winburn
*Beulah Young
*Elsie Downs Farley – Honorary Member (Miami County Superintendent for
12 years)
*Vice-President Georgia Lewis
*Treasurer Elizabeth Walters
*Recording Secretary Elsie Leona Smith
*Corresponding Secretary Lois Jackson
*Keeper of the Archives Ada Saunders
*Chaplain Dorothy Benedict
*Sergeant-at-Arms Clara Dickerson
*Publicity Editor Beulah Young
IOTA CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
Martha Roman 1950-1951
Ada Saunders 1951-1952
Zoe Belle Nelson 1952-1953
Lois Jackson 1953-1954
Rose Thomas 1954-1955
Georgia Lewis 1955-1956
Clara Dickerson 1956-1957
Beulah Parks 1957-1958
Anna Klockman 1958-1959
Mildred Diehm 1959-1960
Beulah Young 1960-1961
Lucille Stadler 1961-1962
Laura Harmon 1962-1963
Alice Cortner 1963-1964
Lurene Paddock 1964-1965
Astrid Seiler Barkis 1965-1966
Helen Ganoung 1966-1968
Lucille Ludwig 1968-1970
Clara Dickerson 1970-1972
Jean Vallier 1972-1974
Helen Eble 1974-1976
Carol Knoche 1976-1978
Thelma Taylor 1978-1980
Lurene Swenson 1980-1982
RoseMary Branson 1982-1984
Darlene Noyes Hadsall 1984–1986
Janice Stahl 1986–1988
Geraldine Wilke 1988–1990
Cindy Higdon 1990–1992
Joann Hook 1992-1994
Beth Taggart 1994-1996
Del Jo Broadrick 1996-1998
Conice Donahy 1998-2000
Suellen Golladay 2000-2002
Del Jo Broadrick 2002-2004
Judy Welter 2004-2006
Darlene Hadsall 2006-2008
Marilyn Anderson 2008-2010
Cheryl Sigel 2010-2012
Joann Hook 2012-2014
Annette Husted 2014-2016
Lonnie Vopat 2016-2018
Lois Dollar 2018-2020
Joann Hook 2020-2022
- On April 15, 1950, a group of teachers and several officers of National Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority met at the Paola Country Club to organize a new chapter and to install officers. Agnes Shipman, National President, presided and was assisted by Agnes Bedford, Field Secretary, Edythe Johnson, Alpha Delta Chapter in Kansas City, and Gladys Hall, Kappa Chapter in Kansas City.
- The Charter Members of Iota Chapter were:
*Clara Dickerson
*Bertha Young Hornbuckle
*Lois Jackson
*Georgia Lewis
*Beulah Parks
*Martha Roman
*Nora Rowan
*Ada Saunders
*Elsie Leona Smith
*Elizabeth Walters
*Maude Winburn
*Beulah Young
*Elsie Downs Farley – Honorary Member (Miami County Superintendent for
12 years)
- The new CHAPTER OFFICERS were:
*Vice-President Georgia Lewis
*Treasurer Elizabeth Walters
*Recording Secretary Elsie Leona Smith
*Corresponding Secretary Lois Jackson
*Keeper of the Archives Ada Saunders
*Chaplain Dorothy Benedict
*Sergeant-at-Arms Clara Dickerson
*Publicity Editor Beulah Young
- At first, the Iota Chapter headquarters was the Paola Free Library with meetings the fourth Wednesday of the month. Later, the chapter began meeting in homes, tea rooms, hotels, churches, and cafés in the Miami County area.
- On October 27, 1951, Iota Chapter initiated and installed Sigma Chapter at the North American Hotel in Ottawa. Installing officers from Iota Chapter were: Ada Saunders, Georgia Lewis, Katherine Boyer, and Bertha Hornbuckle. On several occasions throughout the years, Sigma and Iota Chapters have exchanged meetings.
IOTA CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
Martha Roman 1950-1951
Ada Saunders 1951-1952
Zoe Belle Nelson 1952-1953
Lois Jackson 1953-1954
Rose Thomas 1954-1955
Georgia Lewis 1955-1956
Clara Dickerson 1956-1957
Beulah Parks 1957-1958
Anna Klockman 1958-1959
Mildred Diehm 1959-1960
Beulah Young 1960-1961
Lucille Stadler 1961-1962
Laura Harmon 1962-1963
Alice Cortner 1963-1964
Lurene Paddock 1964-1965
Astrid Seiler Barkis 1965-1966
Helen Ganoung 1966-1968
Lucille Ludwig 1968-1970
Clara Dickerson 1970-1972
Jean Vallier 1972-1974
Helen Eble 1974-1976
Carol Knoche 1976-1978
Thelma Taylor 1978-1980
Lurene Swenson 1980-1982
RoseMary Branson 1982-1984
Darlene Noyes Hadsall 1984–1986
Janice Stahl 1986–1988
Geraldine Wilke 1988–1990
Cindy Higdon 1990–1992
Joann Hook 1992-1994
Beth Taggart 1994-1996
Del Jo Broadrick 1996-1998
Conice Donahy 1998-2000
Suellen Golladay 2000-2002
Del Jo Broadrick 2002-2004
Judy Welter 2004-2006
Darlene Hadsall 2006-2008
Marilyn Anderson 2008-2010
Cheryl Sigel 2010-2012
Joann Hook 2012-2014
Annette Husted 2014-2016
Lonnie Vopat 2016-2018
Lois Dollar 2018-2020
Joann Hook 2020-2022